Billiard-table



D. D. WINANT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSGNOR TO XV. R. VINANT, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

BILLIARD-TABLE.

To all whom 'it may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, DANIEL D. VVINANT, of the city and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use certain new and useful Improvements in Billiard- Tables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ot the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure l, is a vertical section of portions of the bed of my table and Fig. 2, is a plan of the device made use ot' to secure the bed in place.

Similar marks ot' reference denote the same parts.

In the manufacture of billiard tables wood, slate and marble have been used for the beds; the former however is objectionable on account of the shrinkage, warping and noise; the latter two are objectionable from the tact that hard spots very often exist in the marble or slate, so that when the beds are being rubbed off to bring them true and level the said spots are not rubbed away and the sand produces a hollow or slight cavity around such hard places. To obviate this difficulty I make use of glass for the beds of billiard tables, on account of its homogeneous nature causing it to rub down very evenly and also on account ot the natural strength and elasticity possessed by the glass, rendering it especially available and beneicial for this purpose, giving the ball a more lively action. To hold down this glass onto the bed of the table occasioned some diiiiculty because the glass being brittle was apt to break if screwed down. I therefore devised a me tallic clip holding the glass in such a manner by projecting over the edge of the glass that was ground oi'i or chipped to a bevel, that the glass was very rmly held in place; and those clips that come around the edge in the places where screws are required Jfor holding on the cushion rail I form of a solid metal block screwed onto the bed, and formed with a mortise receiving the nut and a hole to pass the screw, whereby the bed can be close to the cushion rail so that the ball does not pass off the bed in striking the cushion, and very much less noise is produced than in any bed with which l am acquaint-ed.

ln the drawing a', is the usual wood frame of the desired size and shape receiving the slab, and these frames are to be adapted to sitting together in the usual way on the base of the table.

is the slab orp glass, the edges of which are ground or dressed to a bevel at distances of about two feet apart more or less around the edges, which bevels are about two inches in width and adapted to receive the metal clip c, that is formed to sit over the said inclined partof the edge and is screwed down securely holding the glass to the bed; a sufficient number being applied around the edges of the glass for this purpose. The frame is then finished out level by the strip CZ, which also sustains the clips c..

At those places around the bed at which the screws of the cushion rails are to be inserted l make use of the metal block e, that is screwed on by the screws l, l, to the frame a, and answers a double purpose, viz., to receive the said screw and its nut, and also to aid by the lip or clip 2, in keeping the slab (ZJ) in place.

f, is the cushion rail of any suitable construction, and g is the screw passing through said rail and into a hole in the said block e.

3, is the nut, dropped into a mortise in said block c, and into which the screw g is entered; by this means the rail is very firmly connected to the bed and but little noise is produced by the concussion of the ball on the cushion.

ln those portions of the bed where the slabs ZJ, Z), abut against each other at their edges as seen at 7L, Fig. l, I make use of an anchor piece z', screwed onto the frame and the glass is beveled at this point as shown, the object of these anchors being to prevent the slab sliding on the frame.

Having thus described my said invention and the peculiarities of the same a repetition of the advantages resulting therefrom is unnecessary.

g of the cushion rail as and for the purposes 10 described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set lny signature this sixth dey of October,

Whitt I claim as my invention rand desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. lonstructing,` the beds of billiard tables of slabs of glass substantially as and for the 5 purposes specied. 1858.

2. I Claim the clips 0, c, taking the beveled DANIEL D. WINANT. edges of the slab to retain the same as de- IVitnesses: scribed und shown. PETER MITCHELL,

GEOR. STRINGHAM.

3. I claim the block e, receiving the screws l 

